(Newswire.net -- April 21, 2017) Vancouver, BC -- In a time of increased awareness about the world, more people are waking up to two truths:

1. There is more opportunity than ever and;2. It is increasingly more difficult to get ahead.

The industrial age was firmly transitioned into the information age. As of 2017, the speed, volume and quantity of information has created millennial millionaires as rapidly as it has created the illusion that things are easier today as opposed to earlier years.

Bloomberg recently reported the top most miserable countries were Venezuela, South Africa, Argentina, and Greece. What do these countries have in common?

Economic woes.

Venezuela tops the chart in misery due in large part to a skyrocketing inflation rate. When a cup of coffee increases 1419% in less than a year, everyone suffers.

Poor people think about money more often than the wealthy do. Money does buy happiness between -0- and $75,000 annual income. After $75,000, it has very little to do with a person's happiness.

In his book, he writes, “Money is both a stress reliever and a stress creator. Therefore, in the long-term, money does not make us happy, but there again neither does poverty. Happiness isn’t a matter of dollar signs and decimal points. You can be poor and happy and rich and happy, but if you want to be wealthy—which means you have both money and personal fulfillment--you will have to make a commitment to doing just that. That will mean examining the ‘belief lenses’ you are still unconsciously wearing.”

According to Baron,a person’s perspective, the lens through which we perceive things, has more to do with success, happiness andwealth than any other factor. If we believe we are happy, our lives obviously reflect that state.

His best-selling book dives into 5 myths the poor often believe, however, that blocks them from happiness.

1. “The rich are just lucky”

While those who are born into wealth certainly have a degree of luck, the vast majority of successful people create it. Imagining that success is some kind of lottery of the Universe is weak thinking and flat out inaccurate.

2. “We may be poor, but at least we have each other”

This myth purports that wealthy people don’t value relationships… or that they may not have meaningful ones. However, when you ask any wealthy, successful person about the keys to wealth, most will tell you it was their relationships with others that were a key driver to success.

Authority Fusion Co-founder, Doug Crowe was not born in a slum, nor was he homeless or raised by wolves. While that may make for a more inspirational story, it simply isn’t true.
He did, however, win the Dale Carnegie Highest Achi... moreAuthority Fusion Co-founder, Doug Crowe was not born in a slum, nor was he homeless or raised by wolves. While that may make for a more inspirational story, it simply isn’t true.
He did, however, win the Dale Carnegie Highest Achievement award as a high school student and was one of the youngest trainers for that organization. He graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. in speech and a concentration in TV and film. Doug is an accomplished writer having contributed to the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, MSN Money, Yahoo Finance, the Seattle Times and has authored several books.
Doug has been featured on CBS news, the Daily Cafe and dozens of radio stations. A former radio host himself on ABC radio in Chicago, Doug had the first real estate radio program in Chicago. He is an avid scuba diver, instrument-rated private pilot, photographer, magician and father of three.
While Doug has amassed a lifetime of experience and success as an author, speaker and media insider, he knows the power of a associating wit... less